'13-'14 Celts going 20 and 62? No, I don't think so. Don't get me wrong - and I will never admit to wanting the greatest basketball franchise in history to tank for a top pick - I'd love to see them get all the ping pong balls, but with Rondo and Green and Sullinger and the other pieces they already have they will win more than 20.

Having said that, I think the rebuilding phase will be relatively short. The '13-'14 team will be mediocre but not pathetic. Mark me down for 31 wins.

Now, about those Lakers... That poor team and their fans are in for a protracted period of frustration. The Lakers have talent, coaching, draft and executive deficiencies to contend with. That is an unfortunate confluence. If I lived in LA, I would be rooting for the Clippers.

Ed Macauley wore number 22 and his jersey is retired. Maybe the Celts could hang "Easy Ed" alongside "Loscy" so that number 22 would be available for some new guy. I dunno, just musing.

he almost has to make a couople moves for a Starting Center and BU Point at least. here is the current roster, with probable minutes for next year based on players history's or in Olynyk's case his draft position.

I reserve my right reclaim my totals come opening day. I really don't think that we've seen the end results yet. If the right moves are made the record may improve. We are not going to the lottery unless it's from a trade. I think the tank phillosophy is media hype. We have a nice core of young talented players that can play multiple positions and DA isn't even able to make any personel moves until 7/12. He has come out ahead in all his moves so far.

I'm going to enjoy watching the Summer league scrimmages and see what happens after 7/12. I think the faithful will be pleasently suprised and nay sayers will be doing their best Stephy A Smith impersonations.

With coach Brad Patino, I'd say the Celts are out of it for another 22 year period. By then the Lakers will have surpassed them in titles.

What a mess the Lakers are in, huh? Amensty Kobe and start this slow decline. Hey atleast they will have 50 million dollars in cap space after next year. That means you have your pick of either Danny Granger or Andrew Bogut.

Without Rondo I'd say they are a bottom 5 team in the league. With him they should be able to hover around the 10-12 spot in the conference. I guess it depends on Sullinger staying healthy, and Bradley improving offensively. Will be interesting to see what Green can do as the go to guy.